Folder creation through the REST API?

Garrett Cook

Hi all,

Is folder creation possible through the REST API? I can pull a list of folders and subfolders but haven't been able to find a call to create a folder. If it is possible, does anyone have a bit of sample code to build from?

Kevin Baum

Hi Garrett,

You can use an external ID Provider to authenticate with our SOAP API by using the AuthCode field of the AuthenticationInfo object.

To authenticate a user from an external ID Provider with the AuthCode, you would need to set the following information:

UserKey: This should be the user key, including the ID Provider name in Panopto, and the user name (for example "idProviderName\userName")

Password: This field should be left blank.

AuthCode: This is calculated using the information from the ID Provider page in Panopto. You can find the details on how to calculate the AuthCode for a given user in our API Documentation (https://support.panopto.com/resource/APIDocumentation/Help/html/44e5a0e8-7108-2784-0311-182d8f7965c7.htm)

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,

Kevin

Kevin Baum

Hi Garrett,

We do not currently have an endpoint in our public REST API to allow creating folders, but that is something we are planning to add in the future.

We do offer the ability to create a folder using our public SOAP API, if you look at the AddFolder function:

SessionManagement.AddFolder

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,

Kevin

Garrett Cook

I've found the AddFolder method in the SOAP API but I'm having a bit of trouble authenticating - we use an identity provider/SSO and I can't find any example code or info on how exactly to authenticate my SOAP calls to the PanoptoAPI

Rob Ansaldo

Any progress on folder creation via REST API? We've already got a lot of code written for Python 3 and REST, so trying to shoehorn in the SOAP API and Python 2 seems like a big step backwards.

Kevin Baum

Hi Rob,

Thank you for following up on the Creat Folders endpoint. We are currently planning on having that added to the REST API by the end of this year.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,

Kevin

Adrian Ulges

Hi everyone,

we'd also be interested in folder creation via REST. Is there any news on this issue?

Cheers,

Adrian

Kevin Baum

Hi Adrian,

As of the latest Panopto release (Panopto 12), we now have an endpoint in our REST API that can be used to create new folders. You can find more information in our REST API documentation for the Folders endpoints: https://demo.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/api/docs/index.html#/Folders/Folders_CreateFolder

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,

Kevin

Adrian Ulges

Great, thanks!

Cheers,

Adrian